What's in store for the future of Afghanistan?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Jonathan Steele, Guardian columnist and author of <em>Ghosts of Afghanistan: The Haunted Battleground</em>. Why is the United States spending $100 billion a year occupying the poorest country in the world? Steele, who has reported from Afghanistan for 30 years, writes, "I saw the blunders the Soviets made in the 80s and have watched most of them repeated in recent years." He says the only way out is through negotiations, but US military commanders don't use the word 'negotiate.' So what does that mean for the future of the United States' involvement and the future of Afganistan? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.
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Guest:<br />
Jonathan Steele, Guardian columnist and author of <em>Ghosts of Afghanistan: The Haunted Battleground</em>
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Who are the players in the global arms trade?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Andrew Feinstein, author of The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade. Last year, global military expenditure totaled 1.6 trillion dollars; that amounts to 235 dollars for every person on the planet. What is the human and financial cost of arms trade to societies? Join us live at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. How does the global arms trade operate? And who is benefiting from it? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Andrew Feinstein, an Open Society Fellow and former ANC Member of Parliament

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How can we cut military spending?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the proposed military spending cuts in the deficit debate. The US spends more on the military than at any time since World War II and almost as much as the rest of the world combined. Hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts are handed out every day. So what should be cut and where is the waste? Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. What will it take to cut the bloated military budget? What would you cut? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Chris Hellman, Senior Research Analyst for the National Priorities Project

William Hartung, Director of Arms and Security Project at the Center for International Policy

Carolyn Lochhead, Washington correspondent for the San Francisco Chronicle.

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How has the Military Industrial Complex affected the U.S. economy?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about military spending. In January 1961, President Dwight Eisenhower gave a farewell address about the influence of a rising "military-industrial complex." What have the costs been since then? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. The $725 billion military budget is the highest since World War II. What will it take to cut military expenditures? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Lawrence Wittner, Professor of History at the State University of New York, Albany, and former President of the Peace History Society.

William Hartung, director of the Arms and Security Initiative at the New America Foundation and has written for the New York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times.

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What's the state of the military industrial complex?

What's the state of the military industrial complex and what is its impact on the larger economy? On the next Your Call, we continue our series Agenda for a New Economy by talking about the U.S. military budget. At just over $800 billion, the U.S. spends more on the military than the next 45 countries combined. So where is all of that money going?

Join us live at 11 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where's the transparency and where are the calls for cuts? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Paul Martin--Political and Communications Director of Peace Action

John Arquilla--Professor and Director of the Information Operations Center at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA

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Your Call 091409 How does the military invade our everyday life?

How does the military invade our everyday life? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with award-winning journalist and essayist Nick Turse. He is out with a new book entitled The Complex: How the Military Invades Our Everyday Lives. In 1961, in his farewell address, President Eisenhower warned us of "acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex." Where are we now four and half decades after he made his historic speech?

Send us an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11:00. What role is the military playing in our lives? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Nick Turse, an award-winning journalist, historian, and essayist, and the associate editor of The Nation Institute's Tomdispatch.com

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Second Hour: Novella Carpenter

Can a city feed itself? On a special 2nd airing of Your Call on Monday we'll speak with Novella Carpenter, author of Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer. Carpenter bought a dilapidated house next to a vacant lot in West Oakland and converted the open space into an urban homestead with chickens, goats, rabbits, pigs, 2 turkeys named Harold and Maude, and a vegetable garden all growing in a neighborhood without a supermarket.

We'll take your emails at feedback@yourcallradio.org and your questions live. Can urban food production feed more than fantasies of rural life? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Novella Carpenter in San Francisco
Author of Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer and proprietor of Ghost Town Farm, an urban farm in West Oakland

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Your Call 031009 What do Winter Soldiers say to Obama's administration?

Almost six years after the invasion of Iraq, what message are the Winter Soldiers sending the new administration? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with a panel of Winter Soldiers. They are traveling across the country to give an accurate account of what's happening on the ground in Iraq and in Afghanistan. You can join the conversation by email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What do Winter Soldiers think of Obama's administration? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:
Doug Connor, a first lieutenant in the army and surgical nurse in Iraq

Jane Song, a member of Iraq Veterans against war

Carl John Davison, a 26-year-old veteran of 8 years in the military. In March of 2008 he refused to deploy to Iraq or participate in the U.S. military. He was court martialed, fined, demoted, sent to jail and discharged in September 2008.

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Your Call 020408 Prez. Candidates' Positions on Military Spending & Global Trade

How do the presidential candidates differ on military spending, the global economy and trade? On the next Your Call, one day before the California primary, Chalmers Johnson will give us his take on the similarities and difference between the candidates; and Public Citizen Todd Tucker joins us to discuss their views on trade. What changes should we expect, once we get a new president? Do you have pressing questions before you go to the polls? It’s Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Todd Tucker, research director with Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch, based in Washington, DC.

Chalmers Johnson, president of the Japan Policy Research Institute.

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